What are BPH Medications?
The prostate is a gland that only male have. It is about the size of a walnut and sits below the neck of the bladder. It wraps around the urethra (urine tube).the prostate makes a milky fluid, which is part of semen. This fluid feeds the sperm. It is normal for the prostate gland to get bigger as men get aged. For some men this can cause bladder disease. The changes to the prostate gland happen after many years. Poor bladder control can also happen due to other health issues. Men with poor bladder control can be irritated and embarrassed by it. Talk to your physician or continence nurse advisor if you have felt changes in your bladder control. You should also talk to your physician about any concerns you have about your prostate gland problem.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH):
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is when the prostate gets gradually larger. This often starts in middle age. About one in six men will need surgery for this disease. There are many successful treatments for prostate disease. BPH does not lead to cancer. Common BPH medications are Flomax (tamsulosin), Proscar (finasteride), and Ditropan (oxybutynin).
Prostate cancer:
Prostate cancer is often found before you have any warning signs. Your doctor may find it with a blood test as known as a PSA. They may find minor and major changes in your prostate with a digital rectal examination. This is a common cancer. There are treatments available which you can discuss with your doctor.
Prostatitis is swelling and soreness of the prostate gland. This may be due to a bladder infection. It is more common in young men. Talk to your doctor if you have any pain or discomfort when you empty your bladder. Medications are a good treatment option for many men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Here are a few of the more common types of BPH medications.
If you have one or more of the following symptoms, you may have a prostate problem: trouble starting the flow of urine, slow urine stream once started, needing to pass urine more often through the day or night , leaking after passing urine or between visits to the toilet, needing to pass again soon after going to the toilet, feeling an urgent need to pass urine, burning or pain when passing urine, blood in urine, feeling that the bladder is not fully empty after going the toilet. Some of these problems may not happen due to the prostate. Some drugs may also cause the bladder to store up urine. Your physician or continence nurse advisor can help you find the cause of your problem.
How Can My Prostate Cause Bladder Problems:
Narrowing of the urethra (urine tube):
as the prostate grows larger, it may press on the urethra. This can stop the bladder from emptying. Urine may get stored up until it starts to leak out. If this you feel, see a doctor straight away.
Overactive bladder and urgency:
this can be caused if the bladder has to work extra hard to push out the urine through a very thin urethra. An enlarged prostate prevents the size of the urethra. An overactive bladder can tighten/harder without your control. This can cause an urgent need to pass urine.
Surgery: :
After surgery of the prostate to ease the narrowing of the urethra you may still feel an urgent need to pass the run. Urgency could get worse until the bladder goes back to normal. This can take a few weeks. Surgery for prostate problems sometime could harm the muscles and nerves of the urethra. This can cause poor bladder control. These problems are almost always short:lived. However, serious surgery for prostate cancer can increase to long term bladder control problems.
How Can Poor Bladder Control Be Treated?
Your doctor or continence nurse advisor will look to fine the cause of your poor bladder control. The treatment for your problem will depend on its nature or seriousness of disease. The healthcare will check for such things as prostate disease, infection and diabetes. They will also want to know what medicines you are taking. Some medicines can cause bladder problems.
There are a few different ways poor bladder control can be treated such as: talk with your doctor: together you may decide that you do not need any treatment. Poor bladder control can get better after sometime. It can improve with simple changes to your daily habits/routine.
Medicines: there are a number of medicines that can help with bladder control.
Prostate surgery: if your prostate is the problem, then surgery can remove all or part of the prostate gland. The type of surgery depends on what is a serious issue with your prostate gland.
Bladder training: a bladder training program may help the bladder to hold more urine without leaks or urgent feelings this also helps those with an overactive bladder.
Pelvic floor muscle training: pelvic floor muscle training strengthens the muscles. These muscles control how well the bladder and bowel work. Learn how to train your muscles before surgery and start pelvic floor muscle training as soon as you can after surgery.
Continence products: there are a wide range of continence products to help cope with urine leaks.
Manifestations of expanded prostate can include:
- A powerless or slow urinary stream
- A sentiment of fragmented bladder purging
- Trouble beginning pee
- Visit pee
- Direness to pee
- Getting up as often as possible around evening time to pee
- spilling of pee
- Coming back to pee again minutes in the wake of wrapping up
At the point when the bladder doesn't void totally, you become in danger of creating urinary tract contaminations. Different significant issues can likewise create after some time, including bladder stones, blood in the pee, incontinence, and intense urinary maintenance (a failure to pee). An abrupt and finish powerlessness to pee is a health related crisis; you should see your primary care physician right away. In uncommon cases, bladder as well as kidney harm can create from Bladder prostate.